Vice President Joe Biden this morning said that the cultural norm about gun ownership has changed, arguing that many people buy guns, not for protection or hunting, but because its like driving a Ferrari.

It used to be we were dealing almost exclusively with hunters, Biden said on MSNBC. Theres a whole new sort of group of individuals now who, I dont know what the numbers are, that never hunt at all but they own guns for one of two reasons...

This from the idiot that says this If you want to protect yourself, get a double‑barrel shotgun. Have the shells, a 12‑gauge shotgun, and I promise you as I told my wife We live in an area thats wooded and somewhat secluded. Said, Jill, if theres ever a problem, just walk out on the balcony here or walk out, put that double‑barrel shotgun and fire two blasts outside the house. I promise you who is ever coming in is not going to, you dont need an AR‑15. Its harder to aim, its harder to use. And in fact, you dont need 30 rounds to protect yourself. Buy a shotgun. Buy a shotgun. http://www.glennbeck.com/2013/02/20/joe-bidens-horrible-advice-on-self-defense/

One of our locals (Rochester NY) c 1830 was a big shooter even inventing gun improvements. Now, he had a brother. Everyone said he was looney c 1870 and kept an arsenal...

From a letter I found...I'd say he was a big gun collector. He wrote to a gun company Winchester or Remington?? (forgot) and asked about making him a special gun. They wrote back...The cost would be outrageous.

I hate having to take a gun everywhere I go, It is a pain. Unfortunately, I have to because of 50 years of failed government policies. Drug crime, racial crime, short prison terms, and the general disintegration of civilized society, all related to the Great Society and the War on Poverty.

Placing the anal-visualized idea that holding a firearm and comparing it to driving a Ferrari is beyond even what Stephen Hawkings can imagine!

It is NOT about ‘power’. It is that the individual, of their OWN decision, chooses to own something that WILL allow them to protect themselves, when ‘the government’ cannot or will not. It is the decision of a FREE INDIVIDUAL, and NOT the decision of some elected or non-elected bureaucrat, that makes ALL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING A FREE CITIZEN OR A SLAVE.

It’s the difference between driving a Ferrari or any other car of your own and being locked in a cell or slave quarters. I like the way freedom feels - and that’s why the far left hates guns, because they hate freedom.

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posted on 04/11/2013 9:01:01 AM PDT
by Pollster1
(A war can only be just if it is fought with a reasonable chance of success.)

Sorry if this is too much from ABC but I have to post it to expose this idiocy.

Vice President Joe Biden this morning said that the cultural norm about gun ownership has changed, arguing that many people buy guns, not for protection or hunting, but because its like driving a Ferrari.

It used to be we were dealing almost exclusively with hunters, Biden said on MSNBC. Theres a whole new sort of group of individuals now who, I dont know what the numbers are, that never hunt at all but they own guns for one of two reasons: self protection or they just like the feel of that AR-15 at the range.

So which is it, Slow Joe? In two sentences you say that they aren't buying guns for protection while at the same time that is one of the two reasons why they are buying guns.

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posted on 04/11/2013 9:07:59 AM PDT
by KarlInOhio
(Choose one: the yellow and black flag of the Tea Party or the white flag of the Republican Party.)

He can get away with it because the paycheck pro-gunners never bothered to ask our highnesses if they think Americans have the right to use a firearm for self-defense. When Bozo’s Circus released the skeet shoot photo I read hundreds of accounts of what was techically wrong but none dared ask if he thinks we are allowed self defense with a fire arm. But that is typical the Paycheck Conservatives only get to be paycheck cons if they chase the sticks the Liberal Left throws.

Its imperative for them to drive the narrative that our firearms are not needed in the progressive utopia and the low information voter is the target market. all well planned even if it sound ludicrous to us.

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posted on 04/11/2013 9:22:31 AM PDT
by Gasshog
(Welcome to the United States of Stupidos!)

Hey,Plugs....I don't hunt.Never have,never will.And I've never driven a Ferrari...and I never will.If I was worth a billion dollars I'd drive a Honda,Toyota or Chevy.

FYI,Plugs,the Second Amendment isn't even *remotely* about hunting...or Ferraris.It's about protection.Primarily about protection from rogue politicians.*That* is what the Founding Fathers had in mind when it was included in the Bill of Rights,second in importance only to the freedom of speech and religion.Secondly,it's about protection from criminals.The Founding Fathers may,or may not,have had that in mind when crafting the Bill of Rights.If fidelity to the Second Amendment benefits hunters then,IMO,that nothing more than icing on the cake.

THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS ABOUT COMMON CITIZENS PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM SCUM LIKE YOU,PLUGS!

And BTW,Plugs....just how many armed men and women are guarding you 24/7/366?

Do not forget for an instant that this is the man who discovered Barack Hussein Obama Jr. (or II) the gay disbarred Illinois crackhead community organizer and absent State Rep, and somehow turned the constitutionally ineligible Presidential candidate into your POTUS.

He is a most skillful campaigner and a die-hard partisan. In fact, I think he is willing to run as President next time, with Michelle as VP, and then die on cue, leaving her as President. This SOB, who looks like a chicken and says outlandish stuff is belovèd of his party and would give up his life for it.

“I use to think these people could not possibly believe the crap that spews from their mouths. Ive changed my mind. These idiots believe every word they say.”

And in other news today, his Persian Cousin, Ima Nutjob, it telling the world that ED is a Jewish plot to sell the world Viagra just to make a buck! As Obama has reportedly said “ they have to stop the ice cream truck when it goes by the White Hut if Joe hears the music.”

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